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Photos: WWII B-17 bomber crash lands outside Chicago

The “Liberty Belle”, a B-17 bomber that dates to World War II, crashed and burned in a cornfield outside Chicago.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says aviation officials believe the seven people on board the plane escaped uninjured. She says the plane took off from Aurora Municipal Airport on Monday morning and crashed landed about 20 minutes later in Oswego.

Fire officials say the pilot reported a fire shortly after taking off. Firefighters from Oswego, Sugar Grove and Plainfield responded to the incident. But fire officials say they’re having difficulty accessing the plane because of wet fields.